I drove one on my XR2's from NY to NC and the other from PA. I would love the adventure of driving one from CA. What is the condition of the soft top?
Jack Byrd
At the risk of sounding like an idiot - I don't actually know the condition of the soft top.
My focus has been to get the engine running smoothly so that my son could drive it around and look cool / improve his social life with girls his age. I figured that he would eventually fall in love with the car and start working on it with me, but it has not happened.
There is a photo in the second adv taken into the trunk. I opened the flap to show what I assume is the soft top tucked back there and it feels like it is in good condition to me - but that is folded into that compartment.
For reasons that are not clear to me, my brother also purchased another soft top that is new in the box in the trunk. I opened it and took a few photos - posted. It still has the paper liner separation and appears to me to be completely brand new and in new condition.
My brother did a lot of oil refinery operational planning, including turn arounds / rebuilds. He was the kind of person that believed in buying and stocking spare parts, especially if they would become hard to obtain later. It would not surprise me if he simply bought it as a spare for down the road.
There are about 40 photos / snapshots posted now between the two adv for those like me who enjoy car photos. Someone asked me for under body photos which are tricky. I laid on the ground on the drivers side and just sort of stuck my cell phone under to get them, but could not really see what I was taking.